Red Deer Music and Arts Festival

Featuring national acts, stacks of local legends, party games and workshops galore; Red Deer is the non-commercial, BYO community alternative to every festival you've ever been to. And why am I only hearing about it now? Well...

Red Deer is basically a house party at your mate's place. Except your mate lives on 40 acres of pristine grazing land beneath the rolling hills of the D'aguilar Range, a

nd instead of listening to Nickleback's 'Best of' on your mates iPod, you'll boogie to an exciting and eclectic mix of up-and-coming acts from around the country, while you sip your BYO bevvie of choice on your BYO couch and wonder which food truck you'll try first. Oh and there's stacks of ways you can get involved; we're talking ping pong, frisby, belly-dancing, drum and hula hoop workshops to name just a few, there's even an annual themed fashion of the fields dance-off contest where you can strut your stuff in front of a thousand of your new best friends! Organised by two teachers and a nurse, Red Deer is all about mates and music. We're not trying to sell you a mobile phone contract or convince you that an energy drink will improve your social life. No, Red Deer is about real people, and real artists, making a real impact on the Brisbane music scene. Our punters come back every year because they believe in what we do, and know that Red Deer is just as much their festival as it is ours. Now in our seventh year, we love our little festie and argue it's probably the best in the world. If not the best, at least the most relaxed. But that's just what we think! There's really only one way to find out. And to answer your second question, about why you've not heard of Red Deer until now, well that's easy, you spend too much time face swapping on Snap Chat, Pokemon Go-ing your local neighbourhood and watching cat videos on Tumblr, and for that my friend, we have no answers. Early Bird Tickets on sale from Wednesday 19 April. Red Deer Fest will be held on Oct 14, 2017